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date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to speed up the process by which the Civil Aviation Authority issues private pilots' licenses.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	190385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of flight crew licence applications received by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has grown by more than 25 per cent this year. The CAA has responded by recruiting and training more licensing officers, increasing overtime, and pre-screening applications to ensure all the required information has been received. The CAA is also working with key stakeholders to identify improvements which will help to simplify and speed up the application process for both commercial and private pilots.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/11/2018 16:02:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

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date	18/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of appeals against the DVLA for decisions relating to (a) penalty points and (b) driving licence (i) suspensions and (ii) revocations were upheld in the last calendar year.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	154621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Only the courts can order penalty points to be applied to a driver’s licence. Appeals against penalty points and other driving convictions are not appeals against the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).</p><p>The DVLA can revoke driving licences in certain circumstances, usually if the driver does not meet the medical standards for fitness to drive, or does not have leave to remain in the UK. In 2017, there were 226 appeals against driving licence revocations, three of which were upheld by the courts.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/06/2018 13:38:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael